Suse Linux Pro 9.3

[Kureboy99]

Anyone using it? How do you like it?

I'm trying to get into Linux but am debating right now to choose that or a Mac for my new laptop as a second computer. Can any Linux guru's on this site steer me in the right direction and make me see "the light"?? :wave:

*Edit - Okay I guess I should have put down how I will use the laptop to better help those that respond understand what I'm trying to do with the laptop and new OS...productivity, music (editing, creating, playing, recording), some light photo work possibly, movies, and browsing the web. It won't be an uber-powerful laptop but good enough to get the job done. Hope this helps a bit more :yup:

[hey]

I've been playig with SuSE 9.3pro for a couple weeks- haven't really got too heavy into it (work+other projects) but for anything EXCEPT gaming, its quite good. The music file format support is especially sweet, and buring music is cake- I just got a new DVD burner, and have yet to install, so I can't give you any feedback there. I strongly do recommend getting some sort of linux cheatsheet or better yet an actual book, whether the 'XXXXX for Dummies' or something more in depth. The learning curve with newer GUIs is reallypretty mageable, but the true power of linux is the command line- and I'm still learning that after futzing with linux since SuSE 8.1

I'll say this- I find it more secure, and some of the productivity features are great- Star Office in particular. Though I'm most partial to Xine and XMMS (multimedia apps) when it comes down to the nitty gritty. Might wanna consider partitioning the existing hdd on yur notebook and running maybe a 60-40 split of XP/linux-unless you have a large drive. Another choice would be making a live CD (running from windows) using one of the precompiled kernels you can download from linux.org I played with SOTlinux for a good while, and found it a good basic flavor- and the iso-image gave me no headaches whatsoever to burn- several other versions were real wankers.

Otherwise, give it a try on a desktop PC if you have one- and if you like it, port it to your laptop. Either way, 9.3pro is a good assembly of software.

One more thing- I filled out a questionnaire at Novell's wesbite a while back. The've been sending me multi-packs of various linux tools as well as fully compiled DVDs. Its a great way to score some free software, though I did that about 18 months ago (last disc was a very recent 9.3pro DVD)

[Hawk]

I use Fedora when I need it.

[hey]

lol.. the thread's title kinda refers directly to 9.3 I personally don't like Fedora, but my last contact with anything RedHat-ish was 8.2

However I'll add some linux-abusers I know have great luck with the newest kernel- they speak incessantly about its virutes. My guess is the thread creator picked up 9.3pro cheaply or free and wanted some background info. My personal experiences with it have all been happy-though I'm no linux virtuoso by any stretch of the imagination. 9.3pro can do many wonderful things, and has perhaps the easiest-to-use gui I've experienced in linux (or windows for that matter)- the configuration and set-up is easy as pie, too :D

[Kureboy99]

I checked some forums and what some other users have said...think I'll stick with Apple's OSX Tiger. Test drove it and it does what I want and is uber-sexy and powerful to boot. I had the original OSX when it first came out on a powerbook...miss it dearly but at that time I cut the strings a bit too early with jumping directly into Apple only and selling my PC...right now, I need the PC as well so some things...namely gaming. Thanks for the input though fellas :yup: